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The Dissipation of Russian Influence in Moldova

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Maksim Samorukov, a fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and by Paula Erizanu, a prominent writer and journalist from Chisinau who writes for Financial Times, The Guardian and The New York Times, to discuss the upcoming presidential election in Moldova and what leverage Moscow still has to interfere in Moldova’s path toward the EU.

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By Alexander Gabuev, Maksim Samorukov, Paula Erizanu
Published on Oct 16, 2024

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Russia is using agents of influence, propaganda, vote buying, and the Orthodox Church to retain influence in Moldova. With a presidential election looming, the people of Moldova must decide whether they want to continue the EU-integration course led by President Maia Sandu, or whether to spurn it and pursue a different path, all while Russia tries to seek and invent new ways to remove agency from what it considers “a potential part of Russia.”

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Alexander Gabuev
Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Alexander Gabuev

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Maksim Samorukov
Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Maksim Samorukov
Paula Erizanu

Writer and journalist from Chisinau, Moldova. She covers politics and culture in Eastern Europe for international media such as the BBC, The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, London Review of Books.

Paula Erizanu

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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